GLOUCESTER CITY CYCLING CLUB

SOCIAL COMPETITION - GIBB SHIELD

The season-long Social Competition for the GIBB Shield is a series of events held on Tuesday evenings from November to September. There is every opportunity to score points for this fine Shield. You can afford to miss two events - your best 6 count.
The counting events are all indicated on the Tuesday evening event list - check the page. 
Details of this and other non-racing trophies can be found on the Touring Trophies page.
For results from 2001 to 2008 click HERE.

2009 / 2010 Season :

The leaderboard after six events:  The battle continues between Toby and Theo! Toby has played his joker (organising an event) - so it's his advantage...maybe.  Theo's magnificent display of judging speed has kept him in contention but the tiebreaker was required to split the two at the Treasure Hunt!  It's down to the pub outings - I think I know who has that in the bag...!

Round 6: Treasure Hunt.  Not a big field which was a shame as this is always fun.  Still, lots of points all round and a big thanks to AliG the cunning organiser.

Round 5: Speedjudging competition.  12 entrants took to the starting gun, most ably handled by our own John Barnes. A dull and breezy evening had not deterred four newcomers to the delights of Bully Lane and the test of cycling at 10 and then 15 miles per hour, unaided by external implements. Malcolm provided us with evidence of how not to compete on a fixed, amassing a discrepancy of 3m28s. Joung racer Adam also fell foul of the speed, coming in with 3m15s. A highly creditable effort by first-timer Mark gave him 2nd place (and a sound beating of son Adam) with 1m20s whilst Ann Barnes was 3rd with 1m27s.  But out in front by an impressive margin was Theo with a superb difference of 0m15s. Wow!

Round 4: Freewheeling competition.  A large group took to the newly surfaced lane from Woolrige Hill towards Maisemore and this combined with a tailwind saw a course record: Simon Chapman just made it over the hill!  Gary was not far behind followed by current Trophy holder Toby. Theo lost points with Adam Bedall just pipping him for 4th.

Round 3: Photo Quiz: 'Gloucester, Cycling and beyond' competition.  An entertaining evening of local views and interesting facts saw a good group tackle the quiz.  Ann came out best (must be all the walking around) whilst Theo dropped points. Could be a vital round...

Round 2: Map Reading competition.  A well set test by AliG saw Theo pip the President in the tie breaker to take maximum points after the Captain had his scores adjusted following a commissars enquiry. 

Round 1: Local photo quiz.  Ted's amazing quiz of photos of places you really should know - but were unable to identify!  All good fun.

2008 / 2009 Season :

The leaderboard:  It's the President taking the honours, to be exact the Gibb Shield. A close run affair.

Round 8: Pub Rides.  The all-summer round and the points were keenly sought. 

Round 7: Treasurehunt.  Ali G's great runabout for treasure was enjoyed almost as much as the refreshments at the end of the outing.

Round 6: Freewheeling.  A galavant down the hill at Woolridge saw that Simon chap win - this time on the full-on TT bike with 150psi. Hmm.

Round 5: Speedjudging.  Looks like the change to a Friday has worked - a big uprtake for the challenging Bully Lane circuit. Well done to Paul Bridges for an excellent ride.  And an amazing draw between two of the trophy contenders!

Round 4: Braking Comp.  A delightful evening in June saw Paul take the honours - with a disc break mountain bike. Well, well.

Round 3: Map reading Quiz.  A testing set of three maps for the contestants to navigate around and answer difficult but meaningful questions saw El Presidente take the honours, just.

Round 2: Gloucester (mainly) Photo Quiz.  A sublime set of interesting views of Gloucester and a few other bits crafted by the President gave AliG the chance to take full points.

Round 1: Quiz.  Masterfully put together by our new Social Comp keeper.  Sadly Theo won.

Evening Rides to the pubs.   Held in the Summer. The longest leg of the competition - one point per pub ride, the winner gets 30 points to the competition, etc.

Speedjudging.  Held in the Summer. A fab evening of fun on the Bully Lane circuit, with the usual great BBQ afterwards at the ever-generous Jarvis household.

Freewheeling Competition.  Held in the Summer. A good evening for flying down Woolridge Hill.

Braking Competition.  Held in the Summer. A closely fought battle of stopping power.

Map Reading.   3 maps to test the contenders with cryptic instructions and questions to test the brain.

Slide Quiz.   Mainly multiple-choice, some a little tricky.

Go to theTuesday Evenings page or the Social page here.

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